Toy bureau.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

A. D. CONVERSE.

TOY BUREAU.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. a. 1905..

lll/VENTOH WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS NITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT Carica.

TOY BUREAU.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,422, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed January 6, 1905. Serial No. 239,848.

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, A'rHuR'roND. CONVERSE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of W inchcndon, in the county of Worcester andState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Toy Bureau, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of toy bureauwhereby the mirror and its frame may be placed for shipment or storagein a compartment at the back of the body of the bureau and held in aprotected position, the top of the body of the bureau being at such timeflush throughout, and to so locate the said compartment that whenv themirror is stored therein it will not interfere with the action of thedrawers.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a construction wherebythe same means employed for holding the mirror in thestorage-compartment in the body is utilized for securing the mirror andits frame in a suitable exposed position on the body.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mirror viewed from the rear, themirror being mounted upon the body. Fig. 2 is avertical transversesection through the body of the bureau, the mirror, and its frame, thelatter two elements being shown protected within the body; and Fig. 3 isa vertical section through the Lipper rear portion of the bureau andmounting for the bureau, the mirror being in the position shown in Fig.1, illustrating the application of the fastening device.

A represents the body of the bureau provided with any desired number ofdrawers 10,Which, however, do not extend t6 the backboard 11 of thebody, producing, therefore, a back chamber 12, extending from the top tothe bottom of the body, being open at such points,

and in the construction of the top or dresser board 13 of the body ofthe bureau such top board extends only to the front portion of the said'chamber 12 at its top, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The frame 14 for the mirror 15 is secured to the base-board 16, which isof the same thickness and length as the top or dresser board 13 of thebody and which is adapted to cover the top of the chamber 12. At thecentral portion of the base-board 16 an opening 17 is produced, havingenlarged sections 17 17b at its ends, as is also shown in Figs. 2 and 3,and a corresponding but smaller aperture 18 is made in the rear edgeportion of the dresser or top board 13.

When the article is to be shipped or stored, the frame 14 of the mirror15 is passed downward into the back or storage chamber 12 in the body ofthe bureau until its base-board 16 rests upon the upper structure onsaid body, completing the formation of the top or dresser board 13, asis shown in Fig. 2, and then a l screw 19 is passed through the opening17 in the base-board and is screwed into the smaller aperture 18 in thetop or dresser board until the head of the screw is concealed in theenlargement 17 of the opening' 17 Under this arrangement of the parts itwill be observed that the drawers may be freely operated and that thetop of the body of the bureau is ush throughout.

When the bureau is to be used, the screw 19 is removed and themirror-frame and mirror are withdrawn from the chamber 12 in the bodyand are placed in an upright position, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, thebase-board 16 of the mirrow-frame again covering the top of the back orstorage chamber 12, and finally the screw 19 is again made to enter theopening 17 and aperture 18 to secure the pieces of the mirror-frame tothe body of the bureau, the head of the screw being concealed in theenlargement 17 of the opening 17.

Although I have described the invention as especially applicable to toybureaus, it is to be understood it is equally applicable to commercialbureaus and kindred articles of furniture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A bureau or similar article of furniture, having achamber at the rear of its drawers, a mirror-frame adapted to enter saidchamber in an inverted position, and a base for the said mirror-frame,which base serves as ka cover for the upper portion of said chamber.

` 2. A bureau or similar article of furniture having a chamber at therear of its drawers, a mirror-frame adapted to enter said chamber in aninverted position, a base-plate for the mirror-frame and which coversthe top of said chamber in both the upright and the inverted positionsof the mirror-frame, and a locking device for securing the mirror-frame`to the body of the bureau in either position of the mirror. l

3. In a bureau or a like article of manufacture, a body provided with astorage-chamber, l a mirror'or other vframe adapted to enter said ture,a body provided with a storage-chamber, a mirror-frame'adapted to entersaidchamber, a basefor the "frame, serving as a cover for the chamberand a continuation of the top of the body, and means for securing thesaid base to the vsaid body.

5. In a bureau or a like article of Vmanufacture, a'bodyprovided with astorage-chamber, a mirror or other frame adapted to enter said chamber,a base for the frame, serving as a cover for' the chamber, the basebeing provided with an opening having an enlarged outer section andadapted 'to register with a corresponding opening inthe top of the body,

and a screw adapted to pass through the open-

